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KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said on Thursday he welcomed the U.S. imposing a sweeping new set of sanctions on Russia and praised the measures taken against Russia’s defence-industrial base. “We particularly applaud tough measures against Russia’s defense-industrial base and its access to technology and resources abroad,” he wrote on X. “Any …

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By Doyinsola Oladipo NEW YORK (Reuters) – Luxury travel agencies in the United States are so far seeing lackluster demand for the Paris Olympics, as wealthier travelers instead opt for nearby destinations in Europe. Olympic hosts often see a boom in visitors, but travel agents say the bookings for the July 26-Aug. 11 Olympics in …

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PRAGUE (Reuters) – Eight European Union foreign ministers called on the EU to ban Russian diplomats from moving freely around the bloc and restrict them to countries where they are accredited, in a letter to EU’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell. “Free movement of holders of Russian diplomatic and service passports, accredited in one host …

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(Reuters) – Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said that no Armenian officials would visit Belarus while its leader Alexander Lukashenko is still in power, Russia’s RIA state news agency reported on Thursday. Pashinyan said on Wednesday that Yerevan would leave a Russia-led security bloc after accusing its members, which include Belarus, of having planned a …

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(Reuters) -A Russian ballistic missile strike on Ukraine’s southern city of Kryvyi Rih on Wednesday killed nine people and injured 29, including five children, Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said. The deadliest attack in weeks damaged an administrative building and an apartment block, Ukraine’s military command said on the Telegram messaging app. Klymenko said recovery work …

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By Daphne Psaledakis, Emma Farge and Nidal al-Mughrabi DOHA/GENEVA/CAIRO (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday that Hamas had proposed numerous changes, some unworkable, to a U.S.-backed proposal for a ceasefire with Israel in Gaza, but that mediators were determined to close the gaps. Senior Hamas official Osama Hamdan denied that …

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ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece shut the ancient Acropolis tourist site, suspended schools and stationed medics across Athens on Wednesday as it faced the first heatwave of the summer. Temperatures were expected to hit 43 degrees Celsius (109 degrees Fahrenheit) on Wednesday and Thursday in parts of the Mediterranean country, driven by southerly winds bringing hot …

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By Andrew Osborn (Reuters) – Armenia will leave a Russia-led security bloc, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan confirmed on Wednesday for the first time, accusing members of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation of having planned a war against his country with Azerbaijan. Pashinyan, who has tried to cultivate closer ties with the United States and European …

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By Sabine Siebold BRUSSELS (Reuters) – In a rare reference to the Western nuclear arsenal, NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg on Wednesday highlighted the alliance’s efforts to adapt its capabilities to current security threats, taking note of Russia latest nuclear rhetoric and drills. Talking to reporters before a two-day NATO defence ministers’ meeting in Brussels that …

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